On 14th of November, the Pakistan Air Force was struck with a major blow after one of its leading fighter planes the JF-17 crashed near Attock. The plane was on a routine operational training mission when it took off but just after a few minutes it crashed. The pilot Squadron leader Muhammad Hussain was killed during the incident and reports say that the main reason for his death was failure of ejection when the lever on his seat was pulled. The reason for the jet to crash was that it encountered a technical fault in one of its engines which immediately caught fire and exploded. JF-17 is Pakistan`s premier fighter plane which was built in collaboration with Pakistan`s good friends China. This is a major setback for the Pakistan Air Force as the new breeding pilots have lost all sorts of faith in this fighter jet.
Just a day before the crash, JF-17 won all praise from several engineers during its display in the Dubai Air Show.
Hassaan Nadeem
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